TY - BOOK AU - Robin,Stéphane AU - Rodolphe,François AU - Schbath,Sophie TI - DNA, words and models SN - 052184729X (hbk.) U1 - 572.8633 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Genetics KW - Mathematical models KW - Markov processes N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136) and index; Introduction. The context -- Randomness and models -- A bit of biology -- Simple models for biological sequences. Why a model? -- Permutation model -- Bernoulli model -- Introduction to Markov chain models. Assumptions -- Markov chain order 1 -- Markov chain order m -- Estimation of the parameters -- Taking heterogeneities into account. Phased chains -- Piecewise homogeneous Markov chains -- Translation conditional models -- Statistical properties of word occurrences. Count -- Positions and distances -- Distribution along the sequence -- Words with unexpected frequencies. Exact distribution and approximations -- Influence of the model -- Over-representations of Chi sites in E. coli and H. influenzae -- Under-representation of palindromes of length 6 in E. coli and in the phage Lambda -- Words with unexpected locations. Chi sites in the genome of H. influenzae -- Distribution of palindromes in E. coli's genome -- Detection of promoter sites in B. subtilis -- The last word UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005047088-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005047088-t.html ER -